07 Mar 2011 Will Martin from Cultbox has interviewed the lead writers of Spooks series 9, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, to ask them about writing for Spooks and specifically about the exit storyline for Lucas. "Giving Lucas a heroic exit would have been the safer thing to do, and Kudos are admirably rigorous about not taking the easy option."

07 Nov 2010 Sunday Express S magazine SPOILERS

06 Nov 2010 Daily Mail Weekend magazine SPOILERS

05 Nov 2010 Daily Mail Interview with Richard - SPOILER ABOUT END OF SERIES 9

Laila Rouass has been speaking on BBC Asian Network radio about her character's relationship with Lucas North in Spooks. She doesn't give much away but it's still food for thought. You can listen her via this mp3 recording. (Right-click the link - Ctrl-click on a Mac - to download it).

He hopes Spooks will go on to a 10th and 11th series: "It's good to know that the show will go on despite a single character and I'm sure when it's Lucas's turn, he'll go out in style."

Working with Laila Rouass: "She's playing a character called Maya who is an old flame of Lucas's, possibly his first love, so that's been really interesting...Lucas isn't quite who you think he is and she's part of that story, so there's a whole other character that's contained within Maya."

A new plot thread known as 'Albany': "I'm chasing this file called 'Albany' and I still don't know what's in it yet. I think it's something to do with genetics, but they won't tell me. It's sort of top secret."

On Lucas's behaviour in series 9: "He does have to go off the radar quite a lot this series, but I think he's made a habit of doing that so it doesn't raise too many eyebrows. It's just the way he operates. But it's quite a good way of concealing your tracks. If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely. And he does behave quite strangely this year."